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The verb that comes after Can is in the infinitive without to:
I can speak Spanish. (= it is possible for me to speak Spanish = I have the ability to
speak Spanish)
He can swim well.
We can see our neighbour in the garden.
They can play the guitar.
Negative
To form the negative we add "not" after can to form one word: cannot.
Questions
To from the question we change the position of the subject and the auxiliary verb.
Impersonal Can
Sometimes You can and Can you…? are impersonal and refer to people in general.
You can see many stars at night from here. (= people in general can see many stars)
Not necessarily saying YOU can't run naked in the middle of the street but in general it is not
possible for anyone.